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In this case, うずまる or うまる both work. Though I think うずまる sounds more formal.

うずまる is intransitive, and うずめる is transitive.

うずまる seems not directly make a possibility form.. I think it's only possible in a strange form like うずまることができる.
うずめる becomes うずめられる and this can mean either possibility or passive. To mean can be filled, うずめられることができる, but we usually don't say this. Instead of saying 'can be filled', in Japanese, I think, we might be switching between passive and active voice.

I just find these interesting. (and it's my surprise how complicated the language I'm using without thinking is.)

埋める is transitive. 埋める becomes 埋められる at ease, and this can mean either possibility or passive, or even both of them at the same time as I see the evidence in the above sentence I wrote. I don't know but maybe there's a grammatical term for it.
The negative of 埋められる is 埋められない.
(When talking to a person, 埋められます and 埋められません are the standard.)

埋まる is intransitive, and translates as 'be filled'. Also, 埋まる itself can mean possibility, just like the English 'sell' or 'feel' or etc. as intransitive***. So, 埋まる doesn't have possibility or passive form.
The negative of 埋まる is 埋まらない.
(When talking to a person, 埋まります and 埋まりません are the standard.)

So, 埋まりません is another possibility for 埋められません. (Just 埋まりません has a feel of waiting to see it, while 埋められません has a feel of actively doing it.)

している、していない、しています、していません are the ones to express progression or condition.埋められていません is also possible, but 埋まっていません says the same thing, and the latter feels more concise and easier to use.

***activo-passive =mediopassive（能動受動態、ロイヤル英文法, §285）
(grammar) Of a grammatical voice in which the actor of a stative verb is not expressed. This is a special type of passive voice, which is the general phenomenon of the actor of a verb not being expressed. (mediopassive - Wiktionary)

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I just find these interesting. (and it's my surprise how complicated the language I'm using without thinking is.)

埋める is transitive. 埋める becomes 埋められる at ease, and this can mean either possibility or passive, or even both of them at the same time as I see the evidence in the above sentence I wrote. I don't know but maybe there's a grammatical term for it.
The negative of 埋められる is 埋められない.
(When talking to a person, 埋められます and 埋められません are the standard.)

埋まる is intransitive, and translates as 'be filled'. Also, 埋まる itself can mean possibility, just like the English 'sell' or 'feel' or etc. as intransitive***. So, 埋まる doesn't have possibility or passive form.
The negative of 埋まる is 埋まらない.
(When talking to a person, 埋まります and 埋まりません are the standard.)

So, 埋まりません is another possibility for 埋められません. (Just 埋まりません has a feel of waiting to see it, while 埋められません has a feel of actively doing it.)

している、していない、しています、していません are the ones to express progression or condition.埋められていません is also possible, but 埋まっていません says the same thing, and the latter feels more concise and easier to use.

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Both refer to the same thing that the lake is covered by sand, but the former mentions the situation that the lake is being buried under the sand and the latter focuses on the action of covering (the lake) with the streaming sand.